HillFaith Blog: Good News for Hill Staffers
Welcome to HillFaith:Good News for Hill Staffers! This is where you’ll find two types of content:
First, fact-driven, thoroughly researched and often highly personalized Christian apologetics. Second, news and analyses about working on the Hill, including things like who's being promoted, what are the best (and worst!) offices to work for, salary information, and much else.
Here at HillFaith, we appreciate the importance, the challenges and the complexities of the work you do we are passionate about being a positive, informative resource for those in the trenches.
Most importantly, we want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is alive and He is "the way, the truth and the life." He is also the key to living the abundant life. Not materially, but in the Truth that sets you forever free.
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM DAVID COOK returns to the staff of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) as National Security Advisor. Before coming back to the Hill, David was Executive Director of the Special Operations Association of America. In 2021 and 2022, David was Technology Fellow and Senior Policy Advisor to the California Republican….
WORKING ON THE HILL: Be a Disrupter of Dysfunction
Rarely a day goes by that we don’t see or hear about some type of dysfunction in our country, our communities, and even among our friends and families, ourselves included. Many of these dysfunctions seem so intractable they appear impossible to correct. However, as believers in Christ, we are called to reverse this trend by disrupting…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Elias Boudinot Responds to Thomas Paine
(QUICK READ) — Elias Boudinot of New Jersey was a member of the Continental Congress, then President of its successor, the Confederation Congress (1779-1783), and thus a prominent member of the Founding generation. Boudinot has strong ties to all of the most influential actors of the day. During the Revolutionary War, Boudinot served as an intelligence…
TESTIMONIES: Young Entrepreneur Stayed on the Hill Just Long Enough to Hear the Lord
Editor’s Note: I first met David Tennent at a time when the halls of congressional office buildings were pretty much deserted because of the COVID Pandemic shutdown. We weren’t very far into our first conversation before it was clear to me that this guy was going somewhere. The fact that CNCT was born out of…
SUNDAY SONGS: ‘Above All’ by Lenny LeBlanc
(4:43 LISTEN) — If you want to know the most basic essence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, there is no better contemporary song that I am aware of to illustrate that essence than “Above All,” as written and sung by Lenny LeBlanc. As you you listen to this beautiful song, ask yourself how and…
Read A Good, Free Book Lately? One That Could Change Your Life Forever?
(754 Words) — More than 500 HillFaith readers in recent months have taken advantage of the standing offer of a free copy of Josh McDowell’s classic of Christian apologetics, “More Than A Carpenter.” (MTAC) And it’s not infrequently that when one of those folks has finished reading MTAC that they sit down and compose a…
HILL STAFF NEWS: Open Positions, New Hires, Big Promotions, Great Opportunities
(THREE-MINUTE READ) NEW HIRES: COURTESY OF LEGISTORM MICHAEL LESTINGI moves into the Professional Staff Member role working for Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Before signing on with Cantwell committee crew, Michael was Executive Director of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). He is a 2004 graduate of…
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW: An Unnamed Usher Saved a Seat for an Unsaved 14-Year-Old Billy Graham
(QUICK VIEWING) — You never know who will be affected, for better or worse, immediately or over the long term, by anything you say or do at any given moment. But the truth is that God can use the most seemingly innocuous situation to change history. In the following video, you will learn the amazing…
FAITH OF THE FOUNDERS: Charles Carroll on Christian Morals as the Essential Foundation of Republics
(QUICK READ) — “Without morals, a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore, who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure, which denounces against the wicked, the eternal misery, and insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundations of morals, the best security for the…
TESTIMONIES: When Matt’s Mom Abandoned Him at 15, His World Collapsed
(3:04 VIEWING) — Matt was 15 years old when his Mother decided she didn’t want to be around any longer and she abandoned him. It was the beginning of an eight-year journey through a hellish depression, fear, alcoholism and confusion. But then Matt had an encounter with Yeshua — the Jewish Messiah Christians know as…